# Incident 20111023025729I: Mooney M20C, Rome, NY, October 23, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2011, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rome, NY
- Airport: Griffiss International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2338° N, 75.4070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIFFISS INTL (RME), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2338&lon=-75.4070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6406Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6406Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 938 total, 66 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111023025729I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON 10/23/2011, PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) DEPARTED N66, ENROUTE TO RME. AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 HOURS, WITH AIRSPEED AT 80 KTS, AND WINDS 300 DEGREES AT 5 KTS, PIC STATED THAT HE SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR DOWN ON ILS APPROACH TO RME, APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES FROM RUNWAY 33. PIC STATED WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED; HE THEN REACTED TO THE ANOMALY BY INCREASING ENGINE POWER. UPON FINAL TOUCH-DOWN, HE HEARD, FELT, AND SAW SOMETHING PASS UNDER HIS RIGHT HAND, WHILE CONTROLLING THE THROTTLE. AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED, HE HEARD AND FELT THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE RUNWAY, ACCOMPANIED WITH THE SOUND OF THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED ON THE RUNWAY THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN INDUCING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY. ATC CONTACTED PIC IMMEDIATELY AND ASKED IF PIC WAS OKAY. PIC RESPONDED AND STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INJURED, BUT THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THEN DISSIPATED. AT THIS POINT, PIC EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION. ARFF RESPONDED, NO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WAS NECESSARY. ON 10/24/2011, REPORTING INSPECTOR INTERVIEWED PIC, AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE. LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON 11/12/10, AT 3551.14 HOURS. AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOG REVEALED THAT MOONEY SBM20-88B, WAS COMPLIED WITH, SHOWING REPLACEMENT OF LANDING GEAR DOWN-LOCK ASSEMBLY AND PLACARD. IN ADDITION, DOCUMENTED LOG SHOWED OPERATIONAL CHECK OF THE LANDING GEAR AND HANDLE DOWN-LOCK ASSEMBLY WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS. FOLLOWING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION, AIRCRAFT ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE, AND MAIN GEAR DOORS. DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WAS EXTENSIVE. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A PUNCTURE IN THE RIGHT FORWARD BELLY AREA APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA STRIKING THE RUNWAY. ADF ANTENNA WAS OBSERVED WITH MINOR DAMAGE.ON 11/18/2011, REUTTER AVIATION, AT RME, INSPECTED LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS FOR DAMAGE. LANDING GEAR RETRACTION/EXTENSION CYCLES WERE NORMAL WITH LANDING GEAR LOCKING SECURELY IN THE UP AND DOWN POSITIONS. IN ADDITION, LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS FOUND TO BE WORKING NORMALLY WHILE CYCLING THE LANDING GEAR. LANDING GEAR OVER-CENTER TENSIONS WERE FOUND WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS I/A/W MOONEY M20C MAINTENANCE MANUAL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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